Jonathan Edelstein explains, “I was wondering how I was going to stage-manage one of these, but Maya obliged me on her own.” Photos of other felines resting on genre works are welcome. Send to mikeglyer (at) cs (dot) com
Born 1920: Isaac Asimov Yesterday the Scientific American blog analyzed The Good Doctor’s predictive powers in a 1964 op-ed for The New York Times where he speculated what the world would look like in 2014. Asimov had attended the World’s Fair of … Continue reading
Asimov’s has put Norman Spinrad’s “On Books” column back online. It’s now preceded by this statement from editor Sheila Williams: We took the Norman Spinrad column down from our website because we heard many concerns from readers. I’m putting it … Continue reading
The Advanced Research Projects Agency, now known as DARPA, was created in 1958 by President Eisenhower. In 1959, an agency contractor working on ballistic missile defense systems invited Isaac Asimov to become a consultant. After a few meetings he stopped attending … Continue reading
This weekend’s Nebula ceremony kerfuffle sent ripples in all directions. Even though SFWA President Steven Gould resolved it within hours, on Facebook a few hours is the internet equivalent of dog years, more than enough time for people to replay … Continue reading
Frank Deford, for decades a writer and editor at Sports Illustrated, and briefly top editor of “The Greatest Paper That Ever Died” – The National sports daily that lost $150 million, has published a memoir titled Over Time: My Life … Continue reading
On April 6 fans and pros gathered in West Philadelphia across from the apartment building where Isaac Asimov lived during WWII and kicked off a campaign to have the site commemorated with a Pennsylvania state historical marker. Philadelphia Weekly is … Continue reading
Isaac Asimov would have been 93 today had he lived. Foundation’s author passed away April 6, 1992 – the first of science fiction’s ABCs (Asimov, Bradbury and Clarke) to go. Fortunately, his memory is yet green. He was featured on … Continue reading
Prophets of Science Fiction pays tribute to Isaac Asimov on February 15 at 10 p.m. — He saved the future from Evil Robots! Faced with a sci-fi tradition where robots exist only to torment their human creators, Isaac Asimov dreamed … Continue reading
Michael Burstein wondered if the Post Office in West Newton, MA where Isaac Asimov once got his mail is among those the USPS is reviewing for potential closure. An example of Asimov’s letterhead with his old West Newton address appears … Continue reading